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Indiana State Fair - A Palette of Honey

Delicious local honey is usually found during a pleasant drive in the country to visit a local market or roadside stand. But honey found this way offers little diversity of flavor as it comes from within a limited area. I wondered if I could get a wider selection at a state fair. I decided to visit the Indiana State Fair after a close look at their website. I’d also found a reference to a special honey ice cream made by the Indiana Beekeeper’s Association that was rumored to be available there.

As it turned out, even as a relatively small part of Indiana’s overall agricultural focus, it enjoys strong support and prominence because bees provide valuable pollination services, honey is a valued product and from my personal perspective, bees and honey are fun.

4 comments to Indiana State Fair – A Palette of Honey

Wow, what an amazing experience! Were the honey varieties as diverse as you were expecting? That honey ice-cream sounds good but the directions sound more like a custard than ice-cream. What was it like? Have you tried making it yourself? The directions don’t say anything about freezing or cooling the concoction after it’s heated. Do you know if it’s before or after it thickens? Thanks!

I had a great time! I was surprised at the diversity of varieties, however if Hunter Honey hadn’t been showing there the honey would have been almost entirely multifloral honey.

The ice cream sold there was actually ice cream in consistency. The recipe shown is meant to be used with a traditional ice cream maker. If you look carefully at the end of the honey recipe, the ‘custard’ is then put in the ice cream maker and churned into ice cream.